After five years as the increasingly vicious teacher-turned-meth king Walter White, Bryan Cranston has thought long and hard about how Walter's journey should come to an end this year.

“I had notions. Like, ‘What if he created this toxic world around him and, because of his actions, everybody he loved died and he had to stay alive?’" Cranston, 57, tells GQ magazine in its August issue.

"But then I’d think, ‘He’s wrought so much, he has to die. Doesn’t he?’ But if he dies, what does he die of? Maybe he dies of cancer," Cranston continued. "After all this other danger! But my true answer of how I wanted it to end, my honest answer, is this: however Vince Gilligan wants it to end.”

OK, so that's kind of a copout, but it's a good and - as he says - honest one. And "Breaking Bad" creator Gilligan doesn't leave us hanging, offering something of a hint to GQ. The showrunner says that he drew inspiration for the conclusion of his AMC series, which will air its final eight episodes starting August 11, from "M.A.S.H."

“I keep coming back to M*A*S*H. From the first episode, these people sit around and say, ‘All I want to do is go home,’" Gilligan tells the magazine. "So of course they all get to go home in the final episode. Sometimes the best moment in a TV show is an unpredictable moment, but sometimes it’s actually being predictable.”

Cranston's rise as one of TV's most eminent actors wasn't as obvious from the outset, but it's crystal clear now as he brings his evolution of Walter to a close.

“What happened to Walt is something I related to, if I’m truly honest with myself," Cranston says. "I’ve come to realize that I think everybody is capable of that. If you came into a condition where you were under tremendous stress. And if I knew what buttons to push that threatened you and yours… You could become an extremely dangerous person.”

Gotta say it. I think Brian is one of the most talented actors we have out there. SInce first seeing and enjoying him on the HYSTERICAL Malcolm in the MIddle he has been knocking everyone's socks off in his dramatic roles in movies and TV. Look forward to seeing more of him now that's BB is over. ALso quite a hotty.

Thanks Tex for pointing out that Gus was South American. Totally spaced that one. Changes everything. Here's the revision:

Walt went to the Car Wash early in the morning to contemplate smoking the Ricin cigarette to end it all.

In a storage unit is a dusty Los Pollos Hermanos delivery van. Someone gets in the van and drives it to the car wash, pays the attendant and quickly walks away.... Walt gets a phone call. The person on the line asks Walt if he likes dark meat and laughs uncontrollably!!! It sounds like Gus!!! How is this possible? He stands up and notices a Los Pollos Hermanos delivery van coming thru the wash. He can't believe it!! One final glance at the van then BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut to Latin America

Down a dusty road is the source of Gus's laughter. In a dimly lit bedroom a computer is playing a video of Gus laughing uncontrollably. A young boy kisses two fingers, places them on the screen and say's, "I Love You Dad, Rest In Peace."

Walt went to the Car Wash early in the morning to contemplate smoking the Ricin cigarette to end it all.

In a storage unit is a dusty Los Pollos Hermanos delivery van. Someone gets in the van and drives it to the car wash, pays the attendant and quickly walks away.. Walt gets a phone call. The person on the line asks Walt if he likes dark meat and laughs uncontrollably!!! It sounds like Gus!!! How is this possible? He stands up and notices a Los Pollos Hermanos delivery van coming thru the wash. He can't believe it!! One final glance at the van then BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut to Mexico

A Mexican villa on a dusty road seems is the source of Gus's laughter. In a dimly lit bedroom a computer is playing a video of Gus laughing uncontrollably. A young Mexican boy kisses two fingers and places them on the screen and say's, "I Love You Dad, Rest In Peace."

It ends with Walter, Jesse, and Hank in a Mexican standoff. Jesse finally snaps because of all that Walter has put him through because of what Walter has become. Jesse shoots Walter, Hank shoots Jesse. Walter doesn't shoot Hank because he realizes that he has ultimately become the bad man and doesn't want to continue living that way.

Jesse will kill Walter realizing how bad Walter has become. Then runaway with the money to some other city or state, or possibly country with his Hispanic girlfriend or a new girlfriend he found.
Hank will get promoted. Skylar would go on with her life, Walt Jr. will never find out about his father.